Before Quinnipiac: Attended Woodland Regional High School, where she won three varsity letters in both softball and basketball...In 2010, her high school softball team won the NVL Brass Division and NVL Tournament...Earned a pitching record of 21-1 and a 0.79 ERA...Struck out 183 batters in 133 innings...Held a .358 batting average at Woodland Regional...Was named a All-NVL in 2009...Was selected as the NVL Player of the Year, Tournament Player of the Year, and Strikezone Player of the Year in 2010...Was named All-State in 2010...Was chosen as All-Area and All-State by the New Haven Register in 2010...Played for Xtreme Chaos.

Personal: A native of Beacon Falls, Conn...Daughter of Joseph and Karen Alfiere...Has two brothers, Eric, who runs track at the University of Connecticut, and Billy...Plans to major in the health sciences.